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The Brian Lehrer Show / October 10, 2007 / It's the Economy Stupid!

It's the Economy Stupid!

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Phil Kerpen, director of Policy at Americans for Prosperity and Diana West, Washington Times syndicated columnist and author of Death of the Grown Up: How America's Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization (St. Martin's), analyze the Republican debate in Michigan that focused on economic issues.

Death of the Grown Up is available for purchase at Amazon.com


Comments

  • [1] roehan October 10, 2007 - 10:38AM

    With the line item veto, what is to stop a President who has a majority in the house and the senate to veto only the opposition parties items?
  • [2] RD from NYC October 10, 2007 - 10:41AM

    What characteristics contribute to a candidate "looking" presidential?
  • [3] Gaines from Knoxville, TN October 10, 2007 - 10:42AM

    Good question roehan; I'm not certain, but I think that the line item veto takes a simple majority to override, which is a huge thing to overcome should a president forget his duty to protect the minority from the majority.

    Kerpan has a good point on Romney's ethos, about how conservatives buy the Romney image because he's coming over to conservative side.
  • [4] Paulo from Paterson, New Jersey October 10, 2007 - 10:49AM

    Well, a line item veto is better than the signing statements which have less legitimacy but much greater power because they block the item from going back to Congress. Also, there is nothing to limit the scope of a signing statement.
  • [5] Gaines from Knoxville, TN October 10, 2007 - 11:02AM

    Good point Paulo. You're right, line item veto is definitely a lesser evil than the signing statement.

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